The Internet’s Divided Over Clip Saying “Laurel” Or “Yanny” & It’s Dressgate All Over
In the insufferable tradition of the ‘blue or gold dress’ debate, we now have the horrific rise of ‘Yanny’ versus ‘Laurel’.
Twitter user and vlogger Cloe Feldman has kicked off the world’s most frustrating debate, uploading an audio recording of a robot saying a word.
But what word? This is what has driven the internet apart, with some people reporting to hear “Yanny”, and others “Laurel”.
What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel pic.twitter.com/jvHhCbMc8I
— Cloe Feldman (@CloeCouture) May 15, 2018
The reason Yanny or Laurel is the rightful heir to the horror of the blue and gold dress is that people find it almost impossible to understand HOW anyone could hear the opposite word.
For example, I honestly believe anyone who hears “Yanny” might be a sociopath.
Naturally, a thousand theories have risen about what is causing this example of aural dissonance, such as young people only hearing “Yanny” with their fresh, sharp ears. Others believe it changes from phone to desktop to laptop.
One of the most popular ideas basically centres around pitch and bass and other noise science.
Ok, so if you pitch-shift it you can hear different things:
down 30%: https://t.co/F5WCUZQJlq
down 20%: https://t.co/CLhY5tvnC1
up 20%: https://t.co/zAc7HomuCS
up 30% https://t.co/JdNUILOvFW
up 40% https://t.co/8VTkjXo3L1 https://t.co/suSw6AmLtn— Steve Pomeroy (@xxv) May 15, 2018
Over at The Atlantic, they got a phonetician on board to provide the expert opinion that “the linguistic perspective on this whole debacle is that everyone is right.”
Once again, science proves itself to be a coward. Instead what we should be doing is dividing ourselves into a society defined by which word we can hear, an endless and pointless feud between the bloodthirsty Yannys and merciless Laurels, that will tear our world apart.
Naturally, people are quickly declaring allegiance to each side:
it's so clearly laurel. I can't even figure out how one would hear yanny.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 15, 2018
I have finally heard both Yanny and Laurel and I think what's more important here is the voice saying "Yanny" sounds rude tbh while the one saying "Laurel" sounds neutral
— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) May 15, 2018
people who think it’s laurel:
• are correct
people who think it’s yanny:
• eat pizza with a fork and knife
• don’t use turn signals
• ask for snapchat streaks
• film fights vertically on their phones
• didn’t understand infinity war’s ending— chris melberger (@chrismelberger) May 15, 2018
Of course, maybe the entire debate is pointless and we should be focusing on huge brains on more important things, like saving the world or not crashing the car on our way to work.
ok you guys, i have listened to this like 100x. pls tell me if you hear 'yanny or laurel' (you may need to turn the volume up to hear it) pic.twitter.com/1045ZIKOna
— Alexis Novak (@AlexisGirlNovak) May 15, 2018
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This article was originally published on Junkee.